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9781934030899.1.Pdf Copyright © 2012 by VeloPress First English-language edition First published as Merckx 525, copyright © 2010 by Uitgeverij Kannibaal, Lichtervelde, Belgium All rights reserved. Printed in China. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic or photocopy or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations within critical articles and reviews. 3002 Sterling Circle, Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80301-2338 USA Phone (303) 440-0601 • Fax (303) 444-6788 • E-mail [email protected] Distributed in the United States and Canada by Ingram Publisher Services Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Merckx 525. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-934030-89-9 (hardcover: alk. paper) 1. Merckx, Eddy, 1945– 2. Cyclists—Belgium—Biography. GV1051.M43M47 2012 796.6092—dc23 [B] 2012015371 This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). For information on purchasing VeloPress books, please call (800) 811-4210, ext. 2138, or visit www.velopress.com. 12 13 14 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd ii 5/24/12 2:44 PM CONTENTS 5 Prologue by Eddy Merckx 128 Death rides along 1970: Tour de France, Gap–Mont Ventoux 7 A phenomenon by Karl Vannieuwkerke 140 Nothing is as it used to be 28 Edouard’s fi rst 1971: Tour de France: The duel with Ocaña 1961: Novice race, Petit-Enghien 144 Cut to the quick 36 The fi rst achievement 1971: World Championship, Mendrisio 1964: Amateur World Championship, Sallanches 148 A victory from fear 44 More than a show-off 1971: Tour of Lombardy 1966: Milan–San Remo 160 49.431 km 62 A jet and a rainbow 1972: World hour record, Mexico City 1967: World Championship, Heerlen 164 The atypical Merckx 76 The Yeti and the Trident 1973: Vuelta a España 1968: Tre Cime di Lavaredo 170 The fi ght with Maertens 84 The end of an era 1973: World Championship, Montjuich 1969: Mountain time trial, Paris–Nice 174 The empty line 88 One-man show 1973: Paris–Tours 1969: Tour of Flanders 184 No abdication 94 The shadow of the master 1974: World Championship, Montreal 1969: Liège–Bastogne–Liège 198 A slap in the face from Thévenet 98 The Savona bomb 1975: Tour de France 1969: Giro d’Italia 206 Number seven 108 Storm and Stress 1976: Milan–San Remo 1969: Tour de France, Bagnères- 212 Self-castigation de-Luchon–Mourenx-Ville-Nouvelle 1977: Tour de France, 116 Never the same as before? Chamonix–L’Alpe d’Huez 1969: The fall in Blois 216 The last jersey number 124 From another planet 1978: Tour of Waasland 1970: Paris–Roubaix 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 1 5/24/12 2:44 PM Dear cycling fans, With this book, I want to thank you for the tremendous support you have given me throughout the years. My honor roll has 525 victories. Hence the title of this book, Merckx 525. Th ose 525 victories have given me great satisfaction, have made me who I am today. I am proud of those wins, but I am equally proud of my life after my cycling career. And after more than 65 years, I realize only too well that my great good fortune in those victories rested not just with the bicycle but also in the power and love of the people who surrounded me all those years and who still do today. I therefore dedicate this beautiful book to them. I could always count on the support of my family and am very grateful to my parents that I got 5 the chance to be a bicycle racer. Both worked hard for their children to secure a good future for them. Along with my sister, Micheline, and my brother, Michel, I had a happy childhood in a warm nest. Th ey were always there to support me. Sabrina and Axel: my greatest pride. I missed them so often. When I had to leave to race abroad, it was often with tears in my eyes and pain in my heart. But I am proud to see them today as strong adults making their way through life and achieving their dreams. Th at is why I, along with my wife, Claudine, cherish the moments with our children and grand- children, sharing the world through their eyes. My thanks a further 525 times to everyone! Eddy Merckx 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 5 5/24/12 2:44 PM 525 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 25 5/24/12 2:44 PM 32 CLASSICS, 4 WORLD TITLES, 1 NATIONAL TITLE, 11 GRAND TOURS, WORLD HOUR RECORD 7x Milan–San Remo, 5x Liège–Bastogne–Liège, 3x Ghent–Wevelgem, 3x Paris–Roubaix, 3x Flèche Wallonne 2x Amstel Gold Race, 2x Omloop Het Volk, 2x Tour of Lombardy, 2x Tour of Flanders 1x Grand Prix of Frankfurt, 1x Paris–Brussels, 1x Scheldeprijs 3x Professional World Championship, 1x Amateur World Championship, 1x Belgian National Championship 5x Tour de France, 5x Giro d’Italia, 1x Vuelta a España World Hour Record 7x Super Prestige Pernod, 6x Belgian Sportsman of the Year, National Sports Merit Trophy, Belgian Sportsman of the Century, Best International Cyclist of the 20th Century (International Cycling Union) 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 6 5/24/12 2:44 PM 8 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 8 5/24/12 2:44 PM 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 21 5/24/12 2:44 PM MORE THAN A SHOW-OFF Vittorio Adorni or Rudi Altig. One of those two would win La Primavera, Milan–San Remo. That was the clear prediction of the team leaders on the eve of springtime’s fi rst big one-day race. Lower down on the list of favorites compiled by the sports managers, the names Ward Sels and Bernard Van De Kerckhove—the only Belgians mentioned—also appeared. No Eddy Merckx. It rather looked as if everyone was a favorite except Eddy Merckx. Admittedly, who in heaven’s name was Eddy Merckx? Merckx, just 20 years old, had in 1966 only just started on his second year as a pro. In the year of his debut with Solo-Superia, he had already shown glimpses of his class. Experts realized that this young man was cut out for greatness. And Rik Van Looy, up to then the Emperor of one-day events, knew it too. But no one at this stage expected a resounding victory from young Merckx in his fi rst international top classic race. Not the team leaders, not the journalists, not his colleagues. Not even Merckx’s parents. “Who would have believed that of our Eddy?” was what father Merckx was reported to have said after his son’s victory on San Remo’s Via Roma. Merckx rides in the black-and-white checkered Peugeot-Michelin jersey. Quietly confi dent, he lines up in Milan on March 20. Earlier that month during the Paris–Nice stage race, he had shown that he 44 could hold his own in all the disciplines of bike racing. Jacques Anquetil won Paris–Nice, but Merckx came in fourth. The greats have therefore been warned and realize that this young chap has a lot to offer. But to give the great one-day racers the go-by in a 288-km classic? No, that would still be rather too early for Merckx. It’s sunny but very cold at the start. A tailwind will push the peloton onward to San Remo and the fi nish line on Via Roma. The race will only get going properly along the Riviera. In Savona, a place that later in Merckx’s career will acquire a painful connotation, Merckx, Felice Gimondi, Rudi Altig, and eight others set chase in pursuit of a small group of leaders. On the Capo Berta, Merckx has a go. Now the others have to join in too, including Van Looy, who fi ghts a match within a match with his young rival. At stake: the title of best racing cyclist of Belgium. A small group of 18 riders is the fi rst to reach the Poggio, the last hump before the fi nish. This group includes Raymond Poulidor, Italo Zilioli, Herman Van Springel, Adriano Durante, and Michele Dancelli. The young Merckx is not impressed and twice tries to break away, though without success; he is brought back by Durante and Dancelli. It is going to be a sprint with a limited group on the Via Roma. Or will it? 3 001-224_Merckx_US_FNL.indd 44 5/24/12 2:44 PM Van Springel ventures an ultimate breakaway on the fl at, in the streets of San Remo. However, near the fountain he is challenged. It is the Dutchman Hubertus Zilverberg who gets past Van Springel and starts on a furious sprint. The fi nish is close. Horribly close. Although he doesn’t want to be taken by surprise, Merckx does not immediately react to this push by Zilverberg. It is the keen Italians who do the job for him. Merckx sticks to their wheels and waits. And waits. “Waiting was more diffi cult than the actual winning,” he explains afterward. At 150 meters from the fi nish line, Merckx continues full speed on the left-hand side of the road with Van Springel who, despite his late breakaway in the fi nal stretch, has quickly gathered speed. Durante and Dancelli sprint on the farthest right of the road. Who makes it? Merckx. Durante has just been beaten by a youngster. Merckx is over the moon. Milan–San Remo: The fi rst great classic victory is in the books.
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